Actor commands

The lvmcam actor replies to the following commands.

lvmcam

lvmcam [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

expose

Exposes and writes an image to disk.

lvmcam expose [OPTIONS] [CAMERA_NAMES]... [EXPTIME]

Options

--object

Takes an object exposure.

Default:

'object'

--flat

Takes a flat exposure.

Default:

Sentinel.UNSET

--dark

Takes a dark exposure.

Default:

Sentinel.UNSET

--bias

Takes a bias exposure.

Default:

Sentinel.UNSET

-f, --filename <filename>

Filename of the imaga to save.

-n, --num <num>

Sequence number for this exposure filename.

-s, --stack <stack>

Number of images to stack.

Default:

1

-c, --count <count>

Number of exposures to take.

--no-postprocess

Skip the post-process step, if defined.

Arguments

CAMERA_NAMES

Optional argument(s)

EXPTIME

Optional argument

gain

Controls the camera gain.

If called without a gain value, returns the current value.

lvmcam gain [OPTIONS] [CAMERAS]... [GAIN]

Arguments

CAMERAS

Optional argument(s)

GAIN

Optional argument

get-command-model

Returns a dictionary representation of the command using unclick.

lvmcam get-command-model [OPTIONS] [COMMAND_NAME]

Arguments

COMMAND_NAME

Optional argument

help

Shows the help.

lvmcam help [OPTIONS] [PARSER_COMMAND]

Arguments

PARSER_COMMAND

Optional argument

list

Lists cameras connected to the camera system.

lvmcam list [OPTIONS]

Options

--available

Lists available cameras.

ping

Pings the actor.

lvmcam ping [OPTIONS]

reconnect

Reconnects the cameras.

lvmcam reconnect [OPTIONS]

set-default

Set default cameras.

lvmcam set-default [OPTIONS] [CAMERAS]...

Options

-f, --force

Forces a camera to be set as default even if it is not connected.

Arguments

CAMERAS

Optional argument(s)

status

Returns the status of a camera.

lvmcam status [OPTIONS] [CAMERAS]...

Arguments

CAMERAS

Optional argument(s)

version

Reports the version.

lvmcam version [OPTIONS]